In the past, I had a client who was worried about a domain name search engine we were using. Being the trusting, non-skeptical person that I usually default to, I assured them that I had been using it for years and it was fine. And then 3 of the (not clearly related) domains we had searched for magically got registered within 24 hours. The client was pretty pissed. We never did figure out if it was the site, possible malware/keytracking on someone's or maybe coincidence, but it was enough to cause me to pay attention to sites like that.
I see this as a great, useful tool, but even reading through the privacy policy (which says last modified in 2009), I'm not seeing anything that would assure users that there isn't anything going on with what they enter to search for.
Would they *really* care about the thousands of names entered daily? Probably not, but they certainly don't go out of their way to assure you otherwise.
@shawnmk we don't store that info Shawn. Too risky, and as you say, it's not useful to us. We will update the policy though. Whole site update coming soon. look forward to hearing what you think.
A couple features I'd think would make this amazing:
1) Allow the user to specify which networks matter most to them, to speed up the process
2) Bulk checking - for different variations already under consideration, and then compare them based on how many/which networks are available
@jsneedles these features are in the next release. Been a long time getting it ready but we intend to do these things and a whole lot more - yest still keeping it stupid simple. Thanks JS.
I'll upload some screenshots of the new site designed by @markjohnsoncc nad @jeremywoertink tomorrow. I think everyone will love it!! Thanks for the great feedback everyone. Been a long time coming for this update.
Hey everyone! We have updated the UI for our site! Woot!! Please come check it out. Leave us any recommendations that we should work on. Thanks for all the support.
Do it yourself and save your money because this WILL NOT save you time! I signed up, was sent the email that I had an account and gave me the usernames and passwords for each site, but when I tried the passwords they didn't work and worst of all, now the username I wanted to use everywhere is taken! Nightmare! You spend ages trying to find a username you can use for each website and then... NIGHTMARE!!!
Pros:
The idea
Cons:
In practice, they don't do what they say. You STILL have to go into all the sites BY YOURSELF and fix all the errors they make.
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Wish I could remember the URL NameChk seems instantly forgettable to me.
Pros:Checks username availability quickly, tells you what if anything is wrong with your idea. Social platforms are ordered by popularity.
Cons:Doesn't cover the range of platforms like its competitor Knowem.
Do it yourself and save your money because this WILL NOT save you time! I signed up, was sent the email that I had an account and gave me the usernames and passwords for each site, but when I tried the passwords they didn't work and worst of all, now the username I wanted to use everywhere is taken! Nightmare! You spend ages trying to find a username you can use for each website and then... NIGHTMARE!!!
Pros:The idea
Cons:In practice, they don't do what they say. You STILL have to go into all the sites BY YOURSELF and fix all the errors they make.